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‘Best for Workers’ Win the War for Talent;79 Businesses Across 39 Industries and 6 Countries Honored as Part of ‘Best for the World Lists’

Services Businesses and Employee-Owned Companies and Worker-Cooperatives Lead the Way

September 3, 2013: Wayne, PA

Today, 79 companies across 39 industries and 6 countries were recognized for creating the most positive impact for their workers by the nonprofit B Lab, with the release of the ‘B Corp Best for the Workers List’, the third installment in its 2013 ‘B Corp Best for the World’ series.

Companies earning this honor include fast-growing venture-backed e-commerce businesses like Etsy, well known employee-owned brands including Dansko, King Arthur Flour, and New Belgium Brewing Company, and worker-cooperatives Cooperative Home Care Associates, Home Care Associates, and Namaste Solar. 25% of honorees are based outside the US, including 14 Canadian companies and a telecommunications company in Afghanistan (Roshan), a recycling company in Chile (Triciclos), and an investor in smallholder farmers in Kenya (Juhudi Kilimo). Over 90% of honorees were services businesses. (Full list of honorees below.)

“Study after study shows that being ‘best for workers’ means being best for shareholders because the name of the game is winning the war for talent”, said Jay Coen Gilbert, co-founder of B Lab, the nonprofit organization that certifies B Corporations and governs the B Impact Assessment. “The B Corp Best for Workers honorees are the companies people want to work for and invest in because they’ve proven they’re the best of the best by meeting rigorous, comprehensive third party standards people can trust.”

The ‘B Corp Best for Workers List’ honors businesses that earned an overall score in the top 10% of all Certified B Corporations for their positive impact on their workforce, as measured by the B Impact Assessment, a comprehensive assessment used by more than 10,000 businesses to measure their impact on their workers, community, and the environment. This analysis includes metrics regarding worker ownership, compensation and benefits, management and worker communication, training and education, work environment, and occupational health and safety.

Each honoree is a Certified B Corporation, a new type of company that uses the power of business for good and meets rigorous standards of overall social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. Today there are over 800 Certified B Corporations across more than 60 industries and 27 countries, unified by the common goal to redefine success in business.

In April, B Lab recognized 67 companies as ‘Best for the World’ (overall impact); in June, 63 companies as ‘Best for the Environment’; and in November, will release a final 2013 list recognizing companies as ‘Best for Communities’.

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B Lab is a nonprofit organization that serves a global movement to redefine success in business. It's vision is that one day all companies will compete not only to be the best in the world, but best for the world.

B Lab drives this systemic change through a number of interrelated initiatives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations who lead this movement and make it easier to tell the difference between “good companies” and good marketing; 2) passing benefit corporation legislation to create a new kind of corporation legally required to create value for society, not just shareholders; 3) helping businesses and investors assess, compare, and increase their impact through use of the B Impact Assessment, a free educational tool, and the B Analytics, a flexible, customizable data platform.

Executives from each honored company available for comment. For more information contact Katie Kerr at katie@bcorporation.net, (610) 293-0299

2013 ‘B Corp Best For Workers’ Honorees

18 Midsize Businesses (50+ Employees)

3Degrees Group Inc. (CA)
3Degrees Group provides green power and carbon offset products and services to Fortune 500 companies, utilities, green building firms, and other organizations that are working to make their operations, products, and services more sustainable.

Change.org (CA)
Change.org is the world's largest petition platform.

Cooperative Home Care Associates (NY)
CHCA is the nation’s largest worker-owned cooperative, providing high-quality home care services to elders and individuals living with disabilities—primarily African-American and Hispanic residents of the South Bronx, Harlem, and Washington Heights.

Dansko (PA)
Dansko is a leader in providing innovative comfort footwear while standing at the forefront of sustainable and ethical business practices.

Etsy (NY)
Etsy is an e-commerce website focused on handmade or vintage items, as well as art and craft supplies.

Home Care Associates (PA)
HCA is committed to the care and improvement of human life and strives to deliver high quality, cost effective healthcare in the communities we serve. Home Care Associates of Philadelphia (HCA) has dedicated itself to a quality care through quality jobs mission. By providing quality home care jobs, HCA works to ensure quality care across the Philadelphia metropolitan area for elders and people with disabilities.

King Arthur Flour Company (VT)
King Arthur Flour Company is an employee-owned retailer of specialty flours, cookbooks, baking tools, ingredients and baked goods.

Roshan (Telecom Development Company Afghanistan Ltd.) (Afghanistan)
Roshan is Afghanistan's leading telecommunications provider.

Scientific Certification Systems (CA)
SCS Global Services promotes environmental stewardship and social responsibility by providing trusted third-party certification and auditing, and driving the development of science-based leadership standards in support of sustainable development.

Sungevity (CA)
Sungevity is one of the nation’s fastest growing residential solar companies. They seek to make solar installation more accessible and affordable to the community by providing education, an online iQuote process that relieves the hassle of home visits, and various lease options to reduce upfront financial burden.

The Redwoods Group (NC)
The Redwoods Group is a social enterprise using insuring and risk management solutions to make the world better.

Trico Homes (AB, Canada)
Trico Homes is a builder of new single and multi-family homes which creates value by providing meaningful product choices through controlled, consistent processes and best practices.

Bullfrog Power (ON, Canada)
Bullfrog Power offers renewable power and electricity generation and distribution services.

ChangeIt (ON, Canada)
ChangeIt® is a patented process that leverages the rapid shift from cash to electronic payments by providing automated charitable giving through the creation of Virtual Change® on eWallets, payment cards, etc.

Community Wealth Partners (formerly Community Wealth Ventures) (DE)
Community Wealth Partners offers strategy and implementation services to nonprofit organizations and philanthropic foundations, partnering with them to design and implement innovative approaches to growth and sustainability.

Corporate Knights (ON, Canada)
Corporate Knights is a media, research and financial products company focused on quantifying and animating clean capitalism drivers for decision makers.

Enrollment Resources Inc. (BC, Canada)
Enrollment Resources helps schools become more efficient in their business operations resulting in clients becoming more viable and vibrant.

focus (Chile)
focus is a research and consulting firm specializing in public policies, program planning, assessment, design, implementation and advisory in social development matters in both the private and public sectors.

Green Building Services/BuildingInsigts LLC (OR)
Green Building Services provide services and tools to design, construct, and operate buildings and communities that are responsible, enduring, and healthy.

Green Living Enterprises (ON, Canada)
Green Living Enterprises is Canada's leading cause-marketing agency focused on social and environmental program development.

Milepost Consulting (WA)
Milepost Consulting is a women-owned management consulting firm that guides clients to their desired destination creating a compelling success story that can be shared with others for years to come.

Myplanet Digital (ON, Canada)
Myplanet Digital is a design and technology company specializing in the process and practice of envisioning, designing, and building digital products.

The CAPROCK Group (ID)
The CAPROCK Group develops customized, comprehensive and strategic financial solutions for high net worth individuals and families who don't have the expertise or the time to do so on their own.

Triciclos (Chile)
Triciclos is a recycling company based in Santiago, Chile.

Wasmer, Schroeder & Company, Inc. (FL)
Wasmer, Schroeder & Company is an investment advisory firm specializing in fixed-income portfolio management for families and institutions with a focus on providing a broad range of solutions designed to accomodate client's specific needs.

WorkplaceDynamics (DE)
WorkplaceDynamics is an employee survey company in the US, surveying more than 4,500 companies and 1.5 million employees.

32 Micro-Enterprises (<10 Employees)

A&R Solar (WA)
A&R Solar specializes in the design and installation of solar photovoltaic and solar hot water systems.

Beartooth Capital (MT)
Beartooth Capital is an investment firm that buys and sells exceptional ranch properties in the American West to generate strong investment returns, real conservation results and community benefits.

Ecotrust Forest Management (OR)
Ecotrust Forest Management is a forestland investment management and advisory services company that generates long term value for both investors and society by facilitating positive environmental outcomes and supporting job creation in rural communities.

Maxwell Health (NY)
Maxwell Health is designed to simplify health for small businesses, and middle class families in the individual market.

NRG Insurance (WA)
NRG Insurance is an independent insurance brokerage with a long history of doing things differently.

OneRoof, Inc. (CA)
OneRoof supports the belief that Internet access should be a Universal Right for people of all walks of life.
Its market-leader CyberCafePro® management software is distributed free worldwide to help bridge the digital divide by supporting the sustainability of private Internet cafes and public computing telecentres (via improved management, and capturing social metrics for continued public funding).

Opticos Design, Inc. (CA)
Opticos is an architecture, urban design and city planning firm that works with cities and developers to help sustainable communities emerge and livable communities thrive.

Pivotal Production (IL)
Pivotal Production is an event design and production company committed to giving back.

Praxis Consulting Group (PA)
Praxis Consulting Group is an organizational development consulting firm which assists mission driven businesses and nonprofits to develop high-performing, sustainable workplaces.

Purpose Capital (ON, Canada)
Purpose Capital is a management services company that works exclusively with socially and environmentally purposed businesses and entrepreneurs to launch and scale their ventures.

RSF Capital Management, Inc. (CA)
RSF offers investing, lending, and giving services that generate positive social and environmental impact while fostering community and collaboration among participants.

Sarona Asset Management Inc (ON, Canada)
Sarona Asset Management is a leading impact investment asset manager which acts as a bridge between private capital markets and investment opportunities in emerging and frontier markets.

The Earthkeeper Alliance (CA)
The EarthKeeper Alliance is dedicated to the conservation, preservation, restoration and thoughtful development of large tracts of land previously slated for large‐scale development.

The Hub LA (CA)
The HUB LA offers members access to 4,000 square feet of creative industrial space to work, meet, learn, collaborate, and play. It provides a curated community of values-aligned individuals and companies and custom programming and events focused on personal and professional development.

Water Power Group LP (ON, Canada)
Water Power Group develops community-based and community invested, carbon positive small hydro projects under the Ontario Feed-In-Tariff program.

World Leadership School (CO)
World Leadership school empowers young leaders to find new and innovative approaches to the world’s pressing problems.

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